User blog comment:Dr. Eggman rox 2/Devil May Cry Timeline/@comment-5462113-20140629005428

I think they just want to forget about dmc2 since it is clearly the worst of the bunch.

Its not a bad game but if you compare it to the four other games (yes even the reboot) 2 has just written "ass" all over it.

The way I like to look at it is like this: first comes 3, then to some parts 1, then 4 and 2 is non-canon.

Dmc1 is difficult too mainly because in 3 Dante has his Rebellion, in 1 he doesnt and then in 4 he has it again (im no expert to dmc yet so please forgive me if theres an explanation for this).

I think thats the easiest way to fit the 4 games together and maybe one of the reasons they rebooted the series im really looking forward to new installments (DMC2 and maybe even a devil may cry 5 who knows?) which will hopefully do a better job timeline wise.